Une statue de Brigitte Bardot fait battre le coeur de Saint-Tropez. To make the heart beat of Saint-Tropez.
Mis à jour le 02/10/2017 à 17H36, publié le 02/10/2017 à 17H20
La statue de bronze Brigitte Bardot est placée sur la place Blanqui à Saint-Tropez devant la fameuse gendarmerie transformée en musée. The statue of Brigitte Bardot on Place Blanqui in front of the museum, formally the old gendarmerie in St.Tropez.
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C’est un hommage émouvant que Saint-Tropez a souhaité rendre à Brigitte Bardot pour ses 83 ans. Le village de pêcheurs rendu célèbre par la notoriété de l’icône des années 1960 s’est offert une statue de bronze à l’effigie de la star.
It was a moving tribute to Brigitte Bardot for her 83rd birthday. The fishermen of the village celebrated her iconic fame of the 1960s by unveiling the bronze replica of the star.
A l’occasion des 83 ans de Brigitte Bardot, la mairie de Saint-Tropez rend hommage à l’actrice d’une manière bien singulière. Une statue de 700kg et d’environ 2,50m vient tout juste d’être dévoilée place Blanqui, devant
la fameuse Gendarmerie en présence de milliers d’admirateurs et de Bernard d’Ormale, mari de Brigitte Bardot.
The mayor of Saint Tropez paid singular tribute to the actress with the unveiling of the 700kg statue 2.5 metres high in place Blanqui, in the presence of thousands of admirers and her husband Bernard d’Ormale.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
